IP/07/608
Bruxelles, le 4 mai 2006
Le programme pour l’éducation et la formation tout au long de la vie est le successeur des programmes Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci et eLearning, et sa base juridique a été adoptée le 15 novembre 2006 par le Parlement européen et le Conseil. Il est doté d’un budget de 6 790 milliards d’euros pour la période de sept ans s’étendant du 1er janvier 2007 au 31 décembre 2013. Cette somme servira à financer des projets et des activités destinés à aider des millions de personnes à étudier, se former et enseigner à l’étranger et à favoriser les échanges, la coopération et la mobilité entre les établissements et les systèmes d'éducation et de formation au sein de l’Union européenne, pour en faire une référence de qualité mondiale.
La conférence de lancement vise à informer les citoyens des possibilités offertes par le nouveau programme pour l’éducation et la formation tout au long de la vie et à examiner la contribution de ce dernier à la politique européenne dans le domaine de l’éducation et de la formation. Ce sera également l’occasion de souligner les succès des précédents programmes d'éducation et de formation et de mettre d'excellents projets à l’honneur.
Le commissaire européen à l’éducation, à la formation, à la culture et à la jeunesse, M. Ján Figel’, a déclaré: «L’éducation et la formation sont le ciment qui lie les sociétés face aux mutations économiques et démographiques et, compte tenu des possibilités qu’il offre, le nouveau programme pour l’éducation et la formation tout au long de la vie est un ingrédient important de ce ciment. Il se trouve que le lancement du programme intervient l’année même où nous célébrons le vingtième anniversaire du programme Erasmus ; voilà qui, à mes yeux, met en évidence la continuité et l'efficacité de l'action communautaire dans le domaine de l’éducation et de la formation.»
Pendant la conférence, des prix de l'éducation et de la formation tout au long de la vie seront attribués aux trois meilleurs projets réalisés dans le contexte de chacun des anciens programmes : Comenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig, Jean Monnet et Lingua.
Le programme pour l’éducation et la formation tout au long de la vie est un programme-cadre qui s’articule autour de quatre sous-programmes thématiques et de deux programmes intersectoriels d’accompagnement. Des bourses et des subventions seront accordées à des personnes et à des projets par chacun de ces programmes, l’objectif étant de soutenir la mobilité transnationale des citoyens, de promouvoir les partenariats bilatéraux et multilatéraux et d’améliorer la qualité des établissements et systèmes d’éducation et de formation.
Les quatre sous-programmes sont les suivants:
Ces quatre piliers s’appuient sur un «programme transversal», qui comprend les quatre activités clés suivantes:
Enfin, ces actions sont complétées par le nouveau programme Jean Monnet, qui favorise l’enseignement universitaire et la recherche sur l’intégration européenne dans le monde entier.
Par ailleurs, la Commission européenne aura un comptoir au Festival
de l'éducation et de la formation, qui se déroulera les 6 et 7 mai
également, à la nouvelle gare centrale de Berlin.
Pour de plus
amples informations:
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/newprog/index_en.html
Annex
18 prize-winning projects in random order
Lifelong Learning Programme- European Launch Conference, Berlin
Comenius – school education
Group Scolar Vasile Pavelco, Iasi, Rumania: Socio-Professional integration of pupils with speaking and hearing disabilities
This Comenius School Partnership" developed solutions to two major problems: the successful integration into professional life and the learning of a foreign language of pupils with speaking and hearing disability.
Richard von Weizsäcker Berufskolleg, Lüdinghausen, Germany: Early technical education
In the Comenius Multilateral Project "Early technical education" partners from pedagogical institutes, universities and industry in different European countries developed teaching materials that can be used in practice when explaining technical phenomena to children aged 3-12.
Nyströmska Skolan, Söderköping, Sweden: Democrisis
The Comenius School Partnership "Democrisis" motivated young people to
participate in political life at school, local, European and global level.
Secondary students from 5 countries analysed the threats against democracy and
discussed issues like reintroducing and reconstructing democratic institutions
and structural obstacles to the political participation of disadvantaged
groups.
Erasmus – higher education
Humboldt
University of Berlin, Germany
In relation to the total figure of students
inscribed per university, the Humboldt University of Berlin heads the statistics
on the percentage of incoming Erasmus students and
lecturers.
University of Granada, Spain
The University of
Granada heads the latest Erasmus statistics in absolute figures in students'
mobility and holds fourth place in terms of lecturers.
Curriculum
Development Project "EMDOLA – European Master's Degree in Oral Laser
ApplicationsEMDOLA (European Master's Degree in Oral Laser Applications) is
an outstanding curriculum development project due to its innovative character
(use of laser technology by dental practitioners) and for rewarding a triple
degree from the three participating universities: University of Liège,
Belgium, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France and RWTH Aachen University,
Germany.
Leonardo da Vinci – Vocational training
MAN Diesel SE; Germany, Industrial-technical trainees are trained in Danish companies
Between 2005 and 2007, 20 talented industrial technical trainees from 9 different training professions in their third or fourth year of training at the German company MAN Diesel SE, spent three weeks in the sister company in Denmark. Working in several profession mixed international teams, they got a deeper insight into the sister company's processes and production flows, improved their professional, linguistic and personal skills and competences, as well as the relations between trainees and employees in the companies in the two countries.
3S Research Laboratory: Austria, The Vocational qualification transfer
system - VQTS
Towards a ‘European workspace’ – In
the spirit of the European credit transfer system in Vocational Education and
Training (VET) (ECVET) "the Vocational qualification transfer system -
VQTS" project increased the recognition of skills and qualifications in the
mechanical engineering sector on a European level. The main result of the VQTS
project is a systematic procedure of international transfer of acquired
qualifications.
European Aluminium Association: Belgium; AluMatter
The project AluMatter answers to the need for modern comprehensive training
materials to train technicians, engineers and designers with good skills and
knowledge in aluminium fabrication technology. With the support of the aluminium
industry and the academic world, an easily accessible e-learning course has been
developed and will contribute to help promote the use of aluminium in various
sectors.
Grundtvig – Adult Education
Associazione Lunaria, Rome, Italy: Still Active!
The Multilateral Project "Still Active! - Performing Voluntary
Service after 55 Years Old" developed the concept of and operational
approaches to implementing an international voluntary service for older people.
This voluntary work is not only conceptualised as a way to be active and useful
to others, but also as a recognised vehicle for informal learning.
Her
Majesty's Prison Maghaberry, Northern Ireland, UK: MABEL
AIPC – Pandora, Madrid, Spain: IMPATH
The Grundtvig
Learning Partnership "IMPATH – Immigrant Pathways" aimed to improve
the support for immigrants. The partners analysed the immigration process in
each of the partner countries in France, Ireland and Finland , evaluated the
social conditions, resources and methodologies used, and exchanged best
practices in helping immigrants to integrate better in society and fight their
discrimination.
LINGUA – Language Learning
Euroinform Ltd: (Bulgaria)
Listen and Touch: A basic English course for the visually impaired
The project developed a methodology to teach foreign languages to blind and
visually impaired adults. These methods were based on a communicative approach
that had not been previously trialled with blind learners. A multi-sensory
approach using the four senses available to blind people (hearing, smell, taste
and touch), and the additional use of the total physical response method,
provided alternative techniques to the use of visual stimuli.
University
of Roma La Sapienza: The Dinocrocs Grow Up (Adventures of Hocus and Lotus)
The project applied the developmental principles of psycholinguistics in
teaching languages to young children. It produced a complete set of
language teaching materials for children aged between three and eight. The
materials include booklets, songs, animated cartoons, magic kits and teacher
guides. The cartoon characters, Hocus and Lotus, are part-dinosaur,
part-crocodile and have a common European background.
Nottingham Trent
University: ALLEGRO (Access to Language Learning by Extending to Groups
Outside)
The project contributed both to co-operation within the
educational sector and to the establishment of partnerships with a range of
social services previously uninvolved in language teaching. Over 60 groups of
language learners across the partner countries were involved in a wide variety
of language learning activities, from short taster sessions to longer courses.
It had a very positive effect on the chosen target groups (all of whom may be
regarded as “non-traditional” language learners) by making them
aware of the benefits that can accrue from knowledge of foreign
languages.
Jean Monnet – European
Studies
Professor Ariane Landuyt, Jean Monnet Chair at the
Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Professor Ariane Landuyt has made a lasting contribution to European
education with her initiative, in 1999, to create a uniquely transnational,
interdisciplinary and multilingual Master in European Studies.The programme
is coordinated by the University of Siena, in cooperation with Jean Monnet
Chairholders at the Universities of Salamanca, Granada, Coimbra, Hannover and
Oradea, the Robert Schuman University of Strasbourg, the Jagiellonski University
of Krakow, Panteion University of Athens and Montpellier.
Professor
Wolfgang Wessels, Jean Monnet Chair at the Universität zu Köln,
Germany
The Jean Monnet activities of Professor Wolfgang Wessels constitute an
exceptionally rich mixture of top-level activities in innovating teaching,
advanced research and lasting organizational achievements, including the
development of new learning tools, fundamental theoretical insights and,
dialogues on European integration at local, regional and European level.
Professor Lenka Rovná, Jean Monnet Chair at the Charles University
of Prague, Czech Republic
The Jean Monnet activities of Professor Lenka
Rovná are a prime example of the broad societal role of the Jean Monnet
Programme, in particular in assisting candidate countries and new Member States
find their place in the European Union. In preparation for Czech accession to
the EU, Professor Rovná's activities were targeting not only students, but
at a much broader community, including civil servants and civil society.
She created the first Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Central and Eastern
Europe.